Herbal medicines have been with us as long as we have been around.
Early on humankind was omnivorous, we ate the plants, grains, roots and herbs we found around us in nature. Meat tended to be hard to acquire, and harder to perverse, so we relied on vegetable matter for the bulk of our diet. In the gleaning of those plants we found items that had beneficial effects on our systems. Those effects were noted and remembered, so that when a member of the group suffered from, for example, a stomach ache, peppermint was steeped in water and given as a tea to relieve the symptoms.
Here is how you can use alternative medicine in a sentence, "Most herbalists will claim to have alternative medicine." Alternative medicine refers to another option in terms of medication.
Yes, it is a form of alternative medicine. "Wide use" does not make something not an alternative medicine. To not be an alternative medicine, it has to go through rigourous testing against placebos. Ayurvedic hasn't done this. It, therefore, is scientifically unproven and an alternative medicine.
What are the beliefs behind alternative medicine?
Alternative medicine tends to disagree with conventional medicine about the treatment plans for cancer
There are over 1500 alternative medicine enthusiasts in China.
Alternative medicine
CAM is Complimentary And Alternative medicine
No, it is simply a form of A Japanese healing method. It is alternative healing not medicine
When Egyptians invented medicine
such alternative systems as traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Ayurvedic medicine developed treatments for it.
There are a range of degree programs to choose from depending on your alternative medicine interest. You can take a look, Indian Board of Alternative Medicine Website courses page for in details.
There is no alternative medicine to the dexamethasone.